CONVICTED

3 years ago

U.S. Air Force Vet Guilty of Aiding ISIS

A federal jury on Wednesday found U.S. Air Force veteran Tairod Pugh guilty of trying to join ISIS after he visited Turkey last year hoping to make it to Syria. Pugh faces up to 35 years in prison for attempting to give material support to ISIS and obstructing justice. He was caught when an FBI agent posed as an ISIS sympathizer and questioned him in the airport. Sentencing is scheduled for September.